Chapter 17 [Three Hundred Gold Coins]

Chapter 17 Three Hundred Gold Coins

At

dawn, the old housekeeper Hill personally pushed the breakfast cart to the study, and when he pushed the door in, he saw the eldest young master of the family standing on the stairs in front of the bookshelf, holding a thick book on astrology in his hand.

It seemed that this young master had not slept all night, and although his face was slightly tired, his spirit seemed to be good. It's just that his body seems to be too dirty... Had he been wallowing in those ledgers all night before?

Also, a short sword on the wall was also taken off by him and placed on the desk... Alas, it's an antique that my ancestors used to use.

The old butler sighed and immediately summoned someone to freshen up the young master.

After eating breakfast, Du Wei stretched: "Did those people from the imperial capital with me settle down last night?"

"Of course, they live right behind the castle. Your guard knights, managed by the family, were incorporated into the castle's guards... With all due respect, respected young master, you seem to have recruited a knight on the way, and it was also a female knight, and I originally wanted to arrange for that knight to rest in the castle, but she refused... Because you also brought a prisoner from the road. The captive does not know where he offended you, I have arranged to be locked up in the dungeon of the castle, where the female knight and her henchmen lived last night. "Good

." Du Wei sighed: "Then, I need to do something during the day... Do you want to continue to look at these accounts? I think if I read all this, it will take at least three or four days... That's boring, Hill, and I've got to find something to do. "

Three or four days? It would be nice if you could read it in ten days.

The old housekeeper said secretly in his stomach, but his face was still respectful: "Yes." You are the master here. All the people in the entire castle are your servants, and here your will will be maximally manifested. As for these accounts, you don't have to rush to read them right away. Anyway, these are the accounts of the past year. I think you can find a little precious time to visit the family property if you have time in the future. Maybe it's more useful than looking at these boring ledgers.

Du Wei smiled, and he raised his eyebrows: "Nice suggestion, Hill, good advice!" So what do I do today? Over here... Are there any programs?

"Uh..." the old butler looked embarrassed: "This, you know, the prosperity of this place and the emperor cannot be compared. The nearest town is from the castle, and even the horseback trip takes a day. As for the castle, there is not much to do here on weekdays, but the surrounding scenery is not bad, and if you are interested, you can ride a horse and take your knights to the woods to hunt. Although there may not be much prey this season, it is also a good choice to go out.

Du Wei nodded, he took a sip of the black tea in front of him, and then suddenly his heart moved: "The guy I caught back... There won't be any problems, right? I mean, I have the power here to be..."

"You mean law enforcement power? My God... Young Master, this is the Rollin Plain! The entire plain belongs to the Rollin family! Here, as long as you don't do anything to rebel against the empire, then in addition, the will of the Luolin family is the law! And you are now the highest status person of the Rollin family in this castle. "Okay

" Du Wei stood up, and a maid next to him immediately leaned over with a long leather coat, wanting to put it on for Du Wei, Du Wei glanced at this clothes that I don't know what animal fur it was, and shook his head: "The weather is still so warm, don't wear these... Oh yes, Hill, I need a retinue or two around me, I like to use people I know, well... Let Mader come, I still like him to follow me. As for the rest, did you put the twenty knights I brought from the imperial capital into the castle guards? Well then, I'll also take some time to see them today, and by the way, inspect the samurai of the castle guard. Belch... Finally, my childhood teacher was a famous astrologer, the famous old scholar Mr. Rosiath, under his teaching, I was very interested in astrology. During my stay at the castle, I was going to use the room on the top floor of the White Tower.

"The White Tower... The old butler opened his mouth, and his face showed embarrassment: "This... Young Master, I'm afraid you don't know, there has always been a ban in the family, except for the patriarch, no one is allowed to climb the White Tower.

"Oh?" Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Is that so?"

He didn't mean to be depressed at all, but had some expectations in his heart... Well, since it is a forbidden place, presumably there is some relic of Semel left inside? Maybe something else can be discovered.

As for... Don't let it in? Ming no, I won't sneak up yet?

"Okay. Well, I have a few things that I need you to send someone to buy for me. After Du Wei finished speaking, he took a quill from the table and quickly wrote down a few things on a piece of paper.

These are some of the things he came up with last night to study astrology.

To study the stars, you need at least a telescope, right? And preferably astronomical telescopes. However, this thing is not available in this world, and it seems that you still need to make it yourself.

Glass is such a thing, the world exists, the mirror craftsmanship here is very high, a little research yourself, I think you can get a crude telescope.

In fact... Alas, in this world, the use of telescopes is actually very small, because this kind of thing is mainly used for military combat purposes. But in this world, there is magic! The magician blessing a "hawkeye technique" is far better than the telescope.

Alas, magic, magic! It seems that you still have to find a way to learn magic.

Thinking of this, Du Wei immediately stood up: "It seems that I need to take some time out today to go to the dungeon to see my prisoner."

Du Wei came out of the study, and soon the old housekeeper invited Mad according to Du Wei's orders.

The former horseman looked a little depressed. Because after all, he became the "chief steward" all the way, commanding twenty cavalry on the road, and that feeling was still very cool. But as soon as they arrived at the castle, the guards were immediately incorporated into the castle guards and stationed in a small barracks on the left outside the castle. And he, the "chief steward", immediately became the commander of the light rod.

Hang up the name of a chief manager, but not even a single subordinate.

The old butler here seems to be a veteran of the Luolin family, how dare he divide his power? After sleeping in his room all night, Mader was still a little worried about his future... The little master didn't let himself serve last night, he won't forget me, right?

Therefore, hearing Du Wei's call in the morning, Mad immediately rushed over, his hurried appearance made the old housekeeper Hill who paid attention to the meter a little dissatisfied, but Mad didn't care. ran to the castle hall and saw Du Wei standing there, Mad hurriedly went up, hoping to go up and hug Du Wei.

"Oh, my master, I am your faithful servant Mader. Do you have any orders?

Du Wei saw that Mad looked a little at a loss. After all, now in this place, only Mad can be regarded as his own confidant, is anyone else... Well, that Ruolin can barely be considered half.

Du Wei did not rush to see the magician locked in the dungeon immediately, but first gave an order: From today onwards, no one is allowed to enter the study without his order!

For this strange order, the old butler complied without saying anything.

Then Du Weixian took people to the barracks outside the castle, where three hundred private troops of the Luolin family were stationed, of which one hundred were cavalrymen and twenty were in a team, forming five cavalry squads, taking turns in the castle every dayPatrol around. The twenty escort knights that Du Wei brought from the imperial capital happened to be formed into the sixth squad, and these people changed their equipment in the barracks and immediately welcomed Du Wei.

Du Wei had already talked with Madee along the way, and then asked Madee to come forward and select six people as his personal companions, all of whom Madee had observed along the way, and felt that they were quite loyal and did things more dutifully. The six cavalrymen immediately said nothing, took off their armor, changed into light clothing, and rode farewell to the barracks.

Their colleagues watched with envy as these people left ... Alas, after all, it is by the master's side, maybe one day it will be seen well by the master, and there will be a chance to be promoted.

I have to say that after leaving the oppressive count's mansion in the imperial capital and coming to the castle of this Luolin family's territory, life is quite cool.

At least here, Du Wei is the highest status person, and this kind of aristocratic life is also quite happy. When he went out, a servant immediately brought a docile steed, and the saddle and cage were of the finest quality. I heard that in order to please Du Wei, this horse was personally selected by Mad. The former horseman's eye on horses is still quite good.

One morning, Du Wei walked around the woods outside the castle with six retinues, and finally he chose a place.

On the edge of the woods, a little further from the castle, there is a small stream, which is a tributary of the Emerald River (Rollin River). The water flowed gently, and when I checked the surroundings, there were no signs of large beasts. Du Wei immediately decided that he wanted to build a wooden house here.

This would be his first magic laboratory—and although he wasn't yet a magician and was found to have no talent for learning magic, Du Wei wasn't worried about that.

There will always be a way.

After recording the location, Du Wei took people around again.

This young master's behavior seemed indeed strange.

During this morning, in addition to touring the surrounding woods, he talked to the servants in the castle. And the first person he met was actually the gardener and florist in the castle!

Then the young master drew up a list and asked the gardener and florist to prepare some strange flowers and plants according to the contents of the list. The list soon fell into the hands of the old butler Hill, who did not say anything and immediately complied.

In the evening, Du Wei finally had time to meet the prisoner in the dungeon.

Presumably, after two days and two nights of torture, that magician should have suffered enough. See if he is willing to give in?

Du Wei confidently led people back to the castle, but the first to come to him was the old butler Hill.

"Young Master, the several lists you issued today, all the things that need to be purchased, I have sent people to equip them."

"So soon?" Du Wei was satisfied and a little happy.

"Of course, this is the territory of the Luo Lin family, your order is our duty, those lists, after you handed them to me, I immediately sent people to the surrounding towns to purchase, and now the things are on their way back." But there's a small problem..."

"What?"

"I'm afraid you don't have enough money." The butler replied quietly.

Du Wei was a little surprised: "Money?

"That's right." The old butler's face was calm, but it was this calm expression and calm tone that made Du Wei a little annoyed. Because this old butler's eyes clearly concealed some hidden schadenfreude: "Young Master, because you are not yet an adult, the patriarch has made a stipulation that in addition to your daily food and clothing, you can withdraw three hundred gold coins from the clan every month as your expenses. There are only three hundred gold coins a month, which is the poison of the money you can use. And if it exceeds it, it must be deducted from the next month's money.

Du Wei was already a little speechless.

Money? Du Wei didn't expect that the eldest son of a dignified count would actually have problems for such a little money?

The old housekeeper quickly took out a one-eyed lens from his arms and put it on his left eye, and then took out the list that Du Wei opened today and said: "Four pieces of top-grade crystals, twenty pieces of glass mirrors, one furnace, and half a car of stone coal." At the florist, you bought seeds of a generation of golden scale flowers, seeds of a generation of arrow orchids, and a large bottle of pollen from the black rose... In addition, there is a set of the best floral tools. Gardener, you bought two tiger hardwoods, a hundred clover, and..."

The old butler quickly finished reading the list, and then slowly said, "Buying these things cost you a total of about four hundred and twenty gold coins. In other words, not only have you spent this month's credit, but even the next month's money has been withdrawn in advance... Moreover, I also heard that you plan to build a wooden house next to the stream outside the forest, and I have already made a calculation, if you calculate according to the calculation of building a two-story wooden building that is not too complicated, I am afraid it will cost three hundred gold coins, as well as the furnishings and furniture in those wooden houses that you requested... It also cost about two hundred gold coins. In this way, I am afraid that you have used all the money for the next four months.

Du Wei was a little speechless.

He realized that he had miscalculated!

Money!

The eldest son of the dignified count will actually run out of money!

But those flowers and plants are necessary. Those were some of the most basic raw materials that Du Wei had to do to study magic potions.

Du Wei looked at this old butler, and he sank his face: "Is it? Are you saying that I, my father's eldest son, the person in charge of guarding the family's domain property, can only use a measly three hundred gold coins a month? Did I hear you right? The

old housekeeper's attitude was still very respectful: "Yes, this is the rule, it is said in the letter written by the clan elder himself." Although the family's business earns tens of thousands of gold coins every month, you need to know... Those are public funds. You are not yet an adult, you have not received your own knighthood, and you do not have your own domain, so..."

"So, I only have three hundred gold coins a month for pocket money, right?" Du Wei's tone was cold, and then he waved his hand: "Okay, I know, in the next few months, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy things casually, right?"

"I'm sorry, but this is an order from Lord Count. You can only withdraw money in advance for up to three months. The

old butler saw the little master's displeasure, and he immediately took his leave.

After the old butler retreated, Du Wei looked at Mad next to him, and Mad immediately said cautiously: "Young master... I also have here the thousand gold coins that you asked me to keep, which were given to you by the Countess before leaving the imperial capital.

Du Wei sighed: "Alas, I also wondered why my mother would secretly give me such a sum of money... Only now do I know... Hehe, it seems that my father is also worried that I, an idiot, will mess around in the family territory and worry that I will corrupt my ancestral business, so he just gave me the name of a guard, but did not let me use the money here.

"This... We can save some overhead. In fact, three hundred gold coins a month is already a lot..." Mad said this, and consciously closed his mouth, because this little master was rightThinking.

"... Well, since that's the case, we'll figure out some money ourselves. After a brief period of unhappiness, Du Wei immediately wanted to open... Anyway, isn't there still a lot of treasure behind the secret passage that Saimel left for himself, behind the gate that served as a trick? If it really doesn't work, use the money there.

It's just that... It seems that the day of distribution may not be as comfortable and free as imagined.

"Go, go to the dungeon." Du Wei waved his hand and said lightly, "I hope that magician won't refuse me today." Now I'm in a bad mood!